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I really liked this concept, but got tired of how they were playing it out halfway through season 1. I finished season 1, but stopped there. I know within the genre, it's pretty standard, but I just could get into the style and portrayal of this story. I think if I watched this as a kid, I would've enjoyed it a lot more, so maybe I just can't get past the showmen aspect with this show for some
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I really liked this concept, but got tired of how they were playing it out halfway through season 1. I finished season 1, but stopped there. I know within the genre, it's pretty standard, but I just could get into the style and portrayal of this story. I think if I watched this as a kid, I would've enjoyed it a lot more, so maybe I just can't get past the showmen aspect with this show for some reason...Also, personally, the animation style isn't my thing.

When I started this anime, it was about 2 years ago, I binge watched many of the episodes until I just started getting bored. I ended up dropping it in my "queue" and forgetting about it. Looking back at some anime that I never finished, i decided to give it a chance again because I remember I enjoyed it enough to binge watch it and start puzzles myself. I finished the rest within a couple days.
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When I started this anime, it was about 2 years ago, I binge watched many of the episodes until I just started getting bored. I ended up dropping it in my "queue" and forgetting about it. Looking back at some anime that I never finished, i decided to give it a chance again because I remember I enjoyed it enough to binge watch it and start puzzles myself. I finished the rest within a couple days.
I think the anime is really fulfilling as it does tie up a lot of loose ends in the ending, It had me on a rollercoaster and thinking "there's no way ____ could happen/be true."
I would recommend watching it!

While this anime has a lot of mixed reviews, I personally enjoyed it quite a bit. It is complex but not so much that you have to re-watch anything. There are a few episodes that I think could have been executed better. Without going into details, this anime is pretty solid in my book and has a very fitting ending

I knew I should have stopped watching when I saw the main character solve a medium level Sudoku puzzle in the first episode, and everyone around him was astonished. Watching someone solve a puzzle isn't exciting, but the fun comes from the puzzle keeping the solver engaged. I was hoping for more, but I got what I expected. They cut out the solving completely. Shows the puzzle..... BAM! answered.
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I knew I should have stopped watching when I saw the main character solve a medium level Sudoku puzzle in the first episode, and everyone around him was astonished. Watching someone solve a puzzle isn't exciting, but the fun comes from the puzzle keeping the solver engaged. I was hoping for more, but I got what I expected. They cut out the solving completely. Shows the puzzle..... BAM! answered. PHI-BRAIN as entertaining as the back of textbook.

I think It's a good show for kids maybe, that's why I left it at 2 stars. Otherwise, it's a one star.

Personally, I haven't watched the 3rd season yet so please don't judge me on that. But judging from the first 2 seasons, I feel like it's a bit too repetitive, yet entertaining enough to keep watching.

The plot follows as the main character of the series solving deadly puzzles with an ancient artifact messing or helping him out.

I mean, I really did enjoy
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(TL;DR Review is on the bottom)

Personally, I haven't watched the 3rd season yet so please don't judge me on that. But judging from the first 2 seasons, I feel like it's a bit too repetitive, yet entertaining enough to keep watching.

The plot follows as the main character of the series solving deadly puzzles with an ancient artifact messing or helping him out.

I mean, I really did enjoy the show itself. Some characters and episodes were more memorable than others. Whether you liked the characters or not it's completely up to the watcher, but the characters aren't too bad. At least not bad enough you quit the series.

HUGE THINGS THAT THE SHOW MISSED:
- Like some of the other reviews mentioned, the puzzles were interesting but weren't given enough time for the watcher to engage in it. Our genius main character solves them with his power and that's the end. Interesting, but wasn't executed properly

- Connecting to my other point, the characters could have been interesting, but weren't executed properly just like the puzzles

GOOD THINGS THE SHOW DID:
- As previously mentioned, the puzzles are amazing. I really like it and the concept of it is very intriguing

- Bromance is beautiful... Seriously, I like it when the characters go dark or psycho for another character because it's interesting

FINAL VERDICT(TL;DR):
It's a good show, but don't expect a masterpiece. There are flaws, but the concept is interesting. Characters and plot is fine, but isn't executed to it's full potential. Thus, watch it if you're bored.

This series was definitely interesting but I admit that season 2 is where you might lose people as far as interest goes. 1st and 3rd Season are definitely the best and the characters are enjoyable (you're bound to have at least a couple of favorites that you like). The plot was excellent; the only thing is that you really have to get all the way to the middle of the 3rd season for things to start
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This series was definitely interesting but I admit that season 2 is where you might lose people as far as interest goes. 1st and 3rd Season are definitely the best and the characters are enjoyable (you're bound to have at least a couple of favorites that you like). The plot was excellent; the only thing is that you really have to get all the way to the middle of the 3rd season for things to start adding up and for wrapping up loose ends. Still, I give this series a 4 out of 5 because I never knew you could make a a pretty good anime out of puzzles. There are some elements of the show that suffer from repetition and the lack of the "death" element when these are some really deadly puzzles they face seems to stretch plot armor too far (even for supporting characters). All in all, I enjoyed it and I recommend giving it a try. If the 1st season doesn't grab your attention then you probably should stop watching all together or (at the least skip the second season, and read some character bios so you won't be lost, 3rd season has a slow start though) because the 2nd season is more of a carryover season and so if you don't like the 1st season that much then the 2nd season will probably run you away. Still, How many other anime series are about puzzles ... Will you watch til the end and become a Phi-Brain???

I think I was prepared for this to not be good, just from the title. But was surprised to find it extremely interesting. It makes you think about the world a little different. And the characters are different. I guess I have watched so many animes that I find a lot of them the same. This has to be the only one I ever seen about puzzles. Way to go.

Many of the puzzles were really cool and unique. The angles of where the puzzles would go and the character's relation to them made this easy to watch and extremely intriguing. In addition, the story line is fabulous, and the characters have a nice balance that sometimes surprise you with who they really are.

Personally, I loved it through and through. It would not be a lie saying that it was one of the best on my list. ONE of the best. Sure, like every anime, there are some weak episodes, but the story line was amazing and the style of it was just awesome.

Some people don't really like the style of the anime, specifically the eyes or saying it is not the best looking anime. I actually thought that
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Personally, I loved it through and through. It would not be a lie saying that it was one of the best on my list. ONE of the best. Sure, like every anime, there are some weak episodes, but the story line was amazing and the style of it was just awesome.

Some people don't really like the style of the anime, specifically the eyes or saying it is not the best looking anime. I actually thought that the style is what made it as enjoyable as it was.

I would recommend this anime to most anyone into some action and a pretty good story line. Sure, not everyone will enjoy it, but I am sure a majority of them would. This is worth the chance and is definitely something to be rewatched.

I never thought that solvong puzzle, the way they do it, it was so hard that i never imagine what is gonna happen, the puzzle was so hard that i say wait what hehehe... the anime is Awsome and worth to watch

About the Show

Kaito, a puzzle-loving high school freshman, is selected as a candidate for ‘PHI BRAIN.’ He and his friend Nonoha find an ‘unsolvable puzzle’
Kaito, a puzzle-loving high school freshman, is selected as a candidate for ‘PHI BRAIN.’ He and his friend Nonoha find an ‘unsolvable puzzle’ near their school. The puzzle turns out to be a life-threatening ‘philosopher's puzzle’ created by the mysterious group P.O.G. (Puzzle Of God). After successfully solving the puzzle, Kaito is designated as a Solver and is joined by other Solvers as they battle P.O.G. all over the world by solving the ‘philosopher's puzzles.’
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